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Ryan, for possessing both an En-§ Lacry "The Other Hothead” Snelly, for being the other Drew Tucker Kathy “Double é Timbto lish and an Art deg Front Cover: Henry Higgenbotham, Robert Dixon Chsscances igle” MeDerngh inating Fr cisometm om | evn esr ee iach Ish Grove Tink; for goin’ allover he nine festival Cane STUDIO 04 by White Wol. Al right reserved, Repression without mpanies on products in thee Copyrights concernWraith Character Generation Clarification soul gets it right? rou were cremated and your fie Ocean. While you might of your Fetters | Traits Fetters and Haunts Sinbycbdeulhece ene Reerns herefore, relics eannot be Fetters. rs dificult fora wraith By) ster ate people, places and thing tha con his Fetters with hit ifhe's not materialize. tinue tolinka wraith tothe worldofthe iv Note that Fetters ean range from one to five poin ing. Wi acharacter is ata Fetter, the diffi: point Fetter is tremendously powerful and has an extre {reduced Theplayer tonal value. Few peopl inthis cynical day and age have | ros versus the applicable Fetter rating; each hin, | success ehces the dificult of all Arcanos are = foe that scene hy 1.'The minimum posible usual, and five point Fetters are extremely rare Slay, there difficulty is 4, including all modifiers. Fetters can include the grave are only a few level five Haunts in the world. Most wraiths will ccbodyof the wrath, people who were important tothe wraith in have one- or two-point Haunts lie (overs, relatives, enemies or anyone else to whom the char- . snl sincenesacownh hes ASSIS were important 10 he (the gun of a cop or gangster, the laptop computer of a write othe shor sss ofan alcoholic) or areas Passions are the “reasons to ive that each wait has. They (such asthe place where she died), Note that a place cannot be are vital toa wraith’ continued existence or without Psion, B both «Fetter and a Haune, but a Haunt can contin a Fete Pathos, and without Paths, is imposible evel | Haunt) for wraiths ro use any of their Arcanos. While it is tricky to work ouse an Arcane hat they care thar deeply about, which is why most Fetters from one to three points. Four point Fetters te un: For example, Joey's Haunt is the poo! hall ( he visited every Tuesd Jat, right up to the night a gang fight’ out just the right Passions for a given characte, they ean help you ath and the death of his five of his friends. The to define who the character is better than any ofher trait, You pool hall closed as the result ofthe de Jooy’s Haunt. his girlriend Vanessa (a two-poin ° hisdifficuley to use resulted in his ind hi continues todefy death, P y are the purpose (“Protect V; using emotion (*Love”) and the rating (3). By (one for the Haunt level, two forthe parts, youdefine what s important to that ch ssa wasn't there the difficulty would the Passion above would be listed as “Protect Va ly one be reduce level of the Fetter). IFV, generally be reduced by he player rolls a number of dice e a (in this case, 3). The difficulty depends 1 characteris following that Passion. For d. fa Ferrer is completely dest ‘example, it is impossible toexample, ifoey a wraith with the Pasion “Protect Vanessa (Love) 3°, used his Embody Arcanos to war Vanessa that ire had started in the basement of her apartment building, the Storyteller might th rule that, because a purpose has been specifically address dlfficulty would be 6, On the other hand, if Joey used the C site Arcanos to drive out a Spectre who was skinsiding som fon a street near Vanessa's house, the difficulty would be 7, as Vanessa was not in any immediate danger. ‘The Storyteller may allow Pathos roll ifthe situation in the scene is similar t0 the Passion. The difficulty is still 7. For in- stance, Joey might be allowed a Pathos roll if he was protecting someone ele’ grlriend or just helping Vanessa (as long as the scene was suitably dramatic). Storytellers who feel uncomfortable with this option or who are petitioned too often for this type of Pathos roll may, of course, distegard it. The Storyteller calls for Pathos rolls, not the player. ‘A.wraith can also regain Pathos by drawing upon the emo- tion underlying a Passion. The wraith must either evoke that emotion from someone in the real world or witness fe jeeling. The difficulty for this rll is 8 stance, the Passion *Protect Vanessa (Love)”is motivated by love ation of that Iefocy had a scene in which he was able to help Vanessa remem ber the love she fel or him, the player could then rol for Pathos. Ithe later witnessed a love scene between two mortals, he would be able to gain Pathos from that scene as well. The Storyteller ‘mst judge whether the scene is sincere (going to a screening of Romeo and Juliet won't cut i) Finally, the Arcanos: Keening can evoke certain emotions from mortals. The difficulty for gaining Pathos via this method is, 9. Feigned or insincere emotions will not give Pathos. Ifanother character in Joey’s Circle pretends to really, really love the piza hie eating it still won't give Joey Patho. ‘Type of Scene Difficulty Scene specifically addressing a purpose 6 Scene generally addressing a purpose 7 Evoking or witnessing an underlying pasion 8 Evoking emotion withthe Arcancs: Keening 9 The Storyteller can reject Passions that are trivial or diculous. Above all, use this mechanism as a way to reward roleplayers for ingenious and impassioned roleplaying. Acceptable Passions ct my daughter (Love) 3” for my death (Hatred) 4” ery rare Jyhad card ever made (Greed) 1” “Get reve, “Collect Unacceptable P “Hates being dead (Resentment) 5” “Likes the color blue (Love) 4 “Find hatred (Hate) 4 Avoid Oblivion (Feat) 4 Some emotions make for very bad Passions. A character driven by “boredony” or “apathy” will be in for a rather dull time, When desig serious as the players want to make it Shadow Passions Like Psyche Passions, the Shadow's Passions are made up ofa Purpose, a focusing emotion and a level, These do not have to be mirror images of the Psyche’ passions, although that’s usally a sgood place to start, The motivations of the Shadow usually run contrary to the goals ofthe Psyche and are usually self-destroctive. The Shad The Shadow has to work harder to achieve Shadow ing Passions, remember that the game is a8 w must infliet the Shadow Passion on. Passions; this is easiest when the Shadow is dominant over the Psyche. Each suecess on a Shadow Passion roll will give the these rolls to add a bitter sweet feeling of loss and self-destruction when a character fails, Difficulty The Shadow achieves purpose of «Shao Passion 7 character one point of Angst. Us ‘Type of Seene fees whether the Shadow succeeds) The Shak inflicts the passin of Shadow Pasion 9 Example Shadow Passions “Hurt my family (Pain)” ‘Ruin my former business partner (Envy)” Sorrupt the innocent (Lust) ‘Keep my loved ones avvay from my old home (Fear)" “Kill my parenes (Regeet) Pathos ti Thistrat represents sympathy with the real world andl the ability to pasionately defy death Irisconceivably possible that Malfeans whos sascore that ranges fom one to ten in normal wraiths anal very ancient wraiths can go above this, but this is extremely rare. Ifa wraith falls to 2ero Pathes, she is unable to perform any ‘Areanos requiring Pathos until she can regain atleast one point Willpower | illpower measures acharactersstrength of will and his capacity to overcome the urges and desires that tempt him. The character's Will powerPool (the squares} can never be greater than his Willpower rating (the ccles). When you use a point of Willpower, you remove it from your characters temporary Willpower Pool, not from the permanent Willpower rating The rai ceonstant, while che Pool is depleted during the story stays Willpower from the Willpower Pool fluctuates great deal during a story. Ie decreases by one each time the player wes a Willpower point to have his character do something extraord- Players